Best New Years dinner menus to try

While you might still be planning your turkey and Christmas day feast, it’s about time to start thinking about your New Years dinner plans. We’ve found some of the best restaurant menus and drink packages to make your celebration truly special. With a range of different cuisines and flavours, there is bound to be something up your alley.

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Smoke & Barrel

Fancy a New Years dinner with a lot of flavour? Smoke & Barrel is sure to give you that. With four starters to share between your table and your choice of mains, there is something for everyone’s palette. However, their focus on authentic barbecue means that traditions like short rib and suckling pig are sure crowd favourites. To finish off, two desserts are again shared between you, all for just $588 per person.

Smoke and Barrel, 1 and 2/F, 32 Wyndham Street, Wyndham Mansion, Central, 2866 2120

Castellana

With two options for their dinners (starting from $1,580), choose between their New Year’s Eve menu or their special truffle menu. The menus range with classics like homemade tagliolini carbonara, Sicilian red prawn risotto to Brittany blue lobster. For truffle lovers, there will be three grams of Alba white truffle for each dish. Both options are available with a wine pairing to accompany the fine dining dishes that will be served.

Castellana, 10/F Cubis, 1 Hoi Ping Road, Causeway Bay, 3188 5028

Motorino

Fancy doing something a little more interactive this New Years? Head to Motorino for their pizza making party ($398), they even have two locations for you to choose from. You are treated to selected antipasti, dessert, free-flow alcohol options and your very own pizza. It is the perfect option for people who like to put their own spin on things, literally.

Motorino, 14 Shelley Street, Central 2801 6881 or 15 Ship Street, Wanchai 2520 0690

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Tokio Joe

With an eight course New Years dinner ($850), transport yourself out of Hong Kong and straight to the streets of Japan. Indulge in the freshest sashimi, tempura, wagyu beef rolls and other dishes at Tokio Joe. You can trust that you will dine lavishly for the evening. There is even a 10% early bird discount off food for bookings made before December 13th.

Tokio Joe, 16 Lan Kwai Fong, Central, 2525 1889

The Peak Lookout

Take yourself up to one of the best views in the city for your special night with a five course New Years dinner ($888). With choices like oysters or an asparagus and mozzarella salad, you know your culinary adventure will start off grand. Move onto your mains that have a range of luxurious seafood, meats and cheese before finishing with a delectable dessert. Home to an open garden, sit outside and enjoy the intimate evening whilst enjoying a glass of wine, or two.

The Peak Lookout, 121 Peak Road, The Peak, 2849 1000

Artemis & Apollo

Shout Yamas for the New Year at Artemis & Apollo with their dinner menu ($988) as you celebrate like a Greek with an array of mezze, salad and spit-roasted mains before finishing with traditional baklava to truly transport you to Greece. Dip into starters like tzatziki and hummus before moving onto the heavier plates of prawn saganaki. You are welcomed with a glass of champagne before moving onto free-flow wine, beer and ouzo.

Artemis & Apollo, 9-11 Moon Street, Wan Chai, 2818 8681

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Zuma

Head to Zuma for its New Year’s Eve Premium Tasting Menu ($1,980) which is available for one-night only. The menu uses seasonal and artisanal ingredients to create a night of true splendour. You will feast upon caviar, scallops and wagyu sirloin before being presented with a dessert platter created by their head pastry chef, Eddy Lee. The desserts range from a raspberry cheesecake to a chocolate, caramel and almond praline and even a strawberry and Tahitian vanilla chawanmushi for an innovate and creative platter. The Japanese restaurant will also be offering a Yashoku Night Brunch, New Year’s Eve edition on December 31, which includes free-flow food, champagne and beer.

Zuma, 5 and 6/F Landmark, 15 Queen’s Road, Central 3657 6388

Porterhouse

Head to the stylish steakhouse for a six course dinner ($988) this New Years. The modern restaurant hosts courses that include bone marrow and lobster cappuccino before giving you the options between seabass or lamb saddle. Finish your meal with a truffle and Piedmont hazelnut cream pancake and petit fours. Browse their their wide range of cocktails and wines that have been chosen to suit their well-crafted cuisine.

Porterhouse, 7/F California Tower, 30-36 D’Aguilar St, Lan Kwai Fong, 2522 6366

Hotal Colombo

Follow the crab craze straight to Hotal Colombo that is offering their diners a choice of flavours for mud crab, such as garlic butter or coconut lime curry. Don’t be worried, their unlimited sides will be the perfect accompaniment to the succulent crab meat. The New Years dinner ($728) also includes free-flow house wine and beer, it will be a night to remember.

Hotal Colombo, 31 Elgin Street, Soho, 2488 8863

Ecriture

Start your New Years dinner in the most lavish way possible in a 2 star Michelin restaurant that combines French cuisine with Japanese produce. You will be treated to an eight course menu ($3,688) fit for a king. With caviar, Kegani crab and Normandy scallops, let your tastebuds be taken around the world all from the city views of Hong Kong.

Ecriture, 26/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road, Central, 2795 5996